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S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Cooper

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Mar 2, 2022
No. 2022-UP-092 (S.C. Ct. App. Mar. 2, 2022)

Opinion

2022-UP-092 Appellate Case 2021-000759

03-02-2022

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Huldie Leeann Jordan Cooper, James Ray Cooper, and Kevin Penland, Defendants, Of whom Huldie Leeann Jordan Cooper is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Kathleen J. Hodges, of Law Offices of Kathleen J. Hodges, LLC, of Belton, for Appellant. Kaye Davis, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Walhalla; and Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, both for Respondent. Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad Litem.


THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

Submitted February 23, 2022

Appeal From Oconee County Karen F. Ballenger, Family Court Judge

Kathleen J. Hodges, of Law Offices of Kathleen J. Hodges, LLC, of Belton, for Appellant.

Kaye Davis, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Walhalla; and Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, both for Respondent. 1

Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM

Huldie Leeann Jordan Cooper appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2021). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Ex parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), we find no meritorious issues warrant briefing. Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Cooper's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

WILLIAMS, C.J., and KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., concur. 2


Summaries of

S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Cooper

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Mar 2, 2022
No. 2022-UP-092 (S.C. Ct. App. Mar. 2, 2022)
Case details for

S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Cooper

Case Details

Full title:South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Huldie Leeann…

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Mar 2, 2022

Citations

No. 2022-UP-092 (S.C. Ct. App. Mar. 2, 2022)